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1 Auditory Periphery! external middle inner sound causes air pressure to increase at eardrum stapes movement initiates a pressure wave in cochlear fluid VIIIth nerve conveys neural signal to cochlear nucleus eardrum is pushed inward, moving the middle ear bones fluid-borne mechanical signals are transduced into a neural code
2 Central pathways!
3 Non-Periodic Sounds! single pulse, white noise, brief tone, non-harmonic complex tones Amplitude Periodic Sounds! Time Frequency pure tone, square wave, pulse train, harmonic complex tones Amplitude Time Frequency
4 Periodic Sounds! Harmonic Complex Sounds Each component frequency is an integral multiple of a common fundamental. The complex waveform has a repetition rate equal to the fundamental frequency. Perception reflects analysis of sound into Fourier components. We hear pitches related to each component of a complex tone Ohm s Acoustical Law. (In contrast, color vision reflects a summed mix of wavelengths)
5 Spectrum! measured instantaneously Spectrogram!! captures change in the sound spectrum over time Frequency (khz) Time (s)
6 Acoustics! Period (T) Pressure (P) Time Sound Pressure Level = 20 log (P/P ref )!! For hearing threshold measurement,! the Reference pressure is 20 "Pa! Sound travels through air at ~ T c ms -1 (where T c is Temperature in deg C) ~ one mile every 5 seconds
7 Pressure Levels of Common Sounds! Sound Environment Sound Pressure Level (db) Approximate loudness re normal conversation Threshold of hearing 0 inaudible Broadcast studio interior; rustling leaves 10 1/32nd Quiet house interior; rural nighttime 20 1/16th Quiet office interior; watch ticking 30 1/8th Quiet rural area; small theater 40 1/4th Quiet suburban area; dishwasher in next room 50 1/2 as loud Office interior; normal conversation 60 normal conversation Vacuum cleaner at 10 ft. 70 2x louder Passing car at 10 ft; garbage disposal at 3 ft 80 4x Passing truck at 10 ft; food blender at 3 ft. 90 8x Passing subway train at 10 ft; mower at 3 ft x Night club with band playing x Threshold of pain x (2x louder than night club)
8 Hearing Sensitivity! 140 Sound Pressure Level (db) human cat Frequency (Hz)
9 Hearing Sensitivity! Sound Pressure Level (db) Mammals Humans Fish Birds Frequency (Hz)
10 Outer Ear Function!
11 Outer ear amplifies sound pressure! But this filtering differs as a function of signal spectrum and source direction! Geisler 1998! At 3kHz, final amplification reaches 20 db (10 times the free field level) Amplification (db) total meatus pinna Frequency (khz) Møller 2000!
12 Head-related acoustic filtering! Head Related Impulse Response! Left: 0 Elev! Right: 0 Elev! Azimuth (deg)! Time (ms)!
13 Head-Related Filtering: Azimuth! Head-Related Transfer Functions across zero elevation Theoretical HRTFs (spherical head model) Measured HRTFs Left Right Left Right
14 Head-Related Filtering: Elevation! Head Related Transfer Functions across zero azimuth Theoretical HRTFs (spherical head model) Measured HRTFs Left Right Left Right
15 HRTFs! Left! Right! Measured! elevation! azimuth! Theoretical!
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17 Ear fine structure affects HRTFs! mid-sagittal plane (azimuth 0 )! Attenuation Amplification!
18 Response Elevation (deg)! Response Azimuth (deg)!
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20 Wanrooij and Van Opstal (2005) Spatial-mapping adaptation The auditory system learns the new spectral cues separately for each ear Binaural-weighting adaptation The auditory system learns the new spectral cues for one ear only, while extending its contribution into the contralateral hemifield Subjects adapted well to a test of long-term monaural spectral perturbations, so plasticity acts predominantly at the spectral-to-spatial mapping stage.
21 Middle Ear Function!
22 Cerumen (ear wax) is good for the ear! Repels water Traps dust, micro-organisms, other debri Moisturizes epithelium in ear canal Odor discourages insects Antibiotic, antifungal properties
23 Middle Ear!! Eustachian Tube! connects the middle ear with the nasopharynx! opens during swallowing & yawning! This equalizes the pressure on either side of the eardrum, improving the efficiency of sound transmission to the inner ear.
24 Impedance Matching in Middle Ear! Impedance Problem: 99.9% sound is reflected due to high impedance of fluid in the cochlea!! (30 db loss)! Solution: Middle ear ossicles overcome impedance mismatch by increasing sound pressure!! (34 db gain)! Incus! Stapes! Malleus#!
25 Mechanisms for middle ear impedance matching! Lever action of the ossicles (1.3:1)! # 20 log(1.3/1) = +2 db! Buckling of ear drum (x2 pressure increase)! #20 log(2/1) = +6dB! Area ratio of ear drum to stapes footplate (20:1)! #20 log (20/1) = +26dB * Basic concept: p = f/a!!
26 Middle ear gain is larger in animals with significant air space in the middle ear!!
27 Effects of middle ear muscle contractions! Tensor Tympani pulls manubrium, TM inward increases middle ear pressure (helps open eustacian tube) Stapedius pulls incudostapedial joint sideways (perpendicular to stapes motion) reduces low-frequency middle ear gain Acoustic Reflex!!
28 Inner Ear Function!
29 ! The Cochlea! oval window! round window! cochlear duct! scala vestibuli! scala tympani! auditory nerve fibers! Spiral! ganglion!
30 scala vestibuli! scala tympani! Cochlear Partition:! Basilar Membrane,! Tectorial Membrane, & Organ of Corti
31 ! cochlear duct! scala vestibuli! scala tympani! auditory nerve fibers! Spiral! ganglion! IN! OUT! IN! OUT!
32 Organ of Corti! hair cells & supporting cells on the basilar membrane.! IN! OUT!
33 Hair cell stereocilia shearing! Cochlear processing is 1000x faster than retinal processing!! Retinal photoreceptors depend on a series of intricate interactions with a G protein and a 2nd messenger before their ion channels close, sending a signal to the brain. This would be much too slow for processing sounds.!! Cochlear hair cells must open and close ion channels more rapidly. Their mechanism is like a spring that opens channels when the cilia bend, without a time-consuming chemical exchange.
34 Movement of hair cell cilia bundle opens ion channels at cilia tips! cilia on a hair cell in bullfrog cochlea. Pickles and Corey (1992)! tip links from higher cilia pull up ion channel gates on adjoining cilia. myosin actin Hudspeth
35 Neurotransmitter Release at the Inner Hair Cell! Movement of hair cell cilia bundle opens ion channels Deflecting the bundle towards the tallest stereocilium stretches the tip links, increasing the probability of the transducer channel opening to allow selective entry of cations (K + ). Deflection in the opposite direction decreases the tension and closes the channels. the mechanically-gated current depolarizes the membrane!! voltage-gated Ca 2+ channels open in the basolateral membrane!! Ca 2+ influx induces neurotransmitter release, thus stimulating AN fibers!! Ca 2+ influx also increases the conductance via calcium-dependent potassium channels, repolarizing the membrane due to K + efflux! Glutamate is thought to be the afferent transmitter between the cochlear IHCs and auditory nerve fibers
36 Generation of the cochlear receptor potential! -70mV +80mV -45mV IN! The hair cell is a mechanoreceptor, producing an electrical signal (receptor potential) when the hair bundle is moved. The resting membrane potential is somewhat hyperpolarized (~ -45mV for IHCs and -70mV for OHCs). In contrast the stereocilia bundle is bathed in endolymph, a potassium-rich fluid with a potential of about +80mV relative to the potential of the fluid in the other parts of the cochlea (perilymph, which is like CSF). OUT! So the battery for driving the hair cell potential is the 125mV difference between endolymph and the IHC resting potential (150mV for OHCs).
37 Generation of the cochlear receptor potential! Each tone cycle depolarizes then hyperpolarizes the hair cell potential, following the up-down motion of the BM. Ultimately this leads to phaserelated changes in auditory nerve discharges.
38 Generation of the cochlear receptor potential! The AC component: The receptor potential changes in sync with the input signal, almost replicating the tone s sinusoidal nature dc ac Auditory nerve fiber discharge is a sigmoidal function of SPL. Similarly, the hair cell receptor potential (i.e., the probability of cation channel opening) is a sigmoidal function of bundle displacement. But the membrane potential is modified more by the bundle s movement towards depolarization, giving rise in addition to a DC component.
39 Generation of the cochlear receptor potential! High frequency tones stimulate the hair cell bundle too rapidly for the membrane potential to follow each cycle. Only the DC remains. The hyperpolarizing current does not compensate fully for the depolarizing current. Each back and forth movement of the hair bundle creates a rising and falling hair cell potential, but the changes in potential are symmetric about a voltage that is higher than the normal resting potential.
40 normal Cochlear hair cell damage loss of OHCs! partial deafness! loss of all HCs! complete deafness! ototoxic drugs! # #aminoglycoside antibiotics! " "antimitotic agents! noise trauma! presbycusis!
41 Cochlear implant! (prosthesis)!
42 Resonance of Basilar Membrane! Base is narrow & taut:! most sensitive to high pitch.! Apex is broad & soft:! most sensitive to low pitch!
43 Basilar Membrane Traveling Wave! input signal basilar membrane response! Human cochlea is ~35mm long; audible frequency range is ~ 20 Hz - 16 khz.!
44 The Origins of Current Concepts! Georg von Békésy! The first measurements of the vibrational response to sound of the BM were carried out by Georg von Békésy, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Working in the ears of human cadavers, Békésy showed that the cochlea performs a kind of spatial Fourier analysis, mapping frequencies upon longitudinal position along the BM. He described a displacement wave that travels on the BM from base to apex of the cochlea at speeds much slower than that of sound in water. As it propagates, the traveling wave grows in amplitude, reaches a maximum, and then decays. The location of the maximum is a function of stimulus frequency: highfrequency vibrations reach a peak near the base of the cochlea, whereas low-frequency waves travel all the way to the cochlear apex.
45 Georg von Békésy! Mechanical model of the inner ear! Békésy s mechanical model of the inner ear included a water-filled plastic tube and a 30 cm membrane. Vibration elicited traveling waves mimicking those in the normal human ear. Usable frequency range was two octaves. I decided to make a model of the inner ear with a nerve supply. An attempt to use a frog skin as a nerve supply had at an earlier time proved to be impractical, and so I simply placed my arm against the model. To my surprise, although the traveling waves ran along the whole length of the membrane with almost the same amplitude, and only a quite flat maximum at one spot, the sensations along my arm were completely different. I had the impression that only a section of the membrane, 2 to 3 cm long, was vibrating. When the frequency of vibration was increased, the section of sensed vibrations travelled toward the piston (at the right of the figure), which represents the stapes footplate of the ear; and when the frequency was lowered, the area of sensation moved in the opposite direction. The model had all the properties of a neuromechanical frequencyanalyzing system, in support of our earlier view of the frequency analysis of the ear. My surprise was even greater when it turned out that two cycles of sinusoidal vibration are enough to produce a sharply localized sensation on the skin, just as sharp as for continuous stimulation. This was in complete agreement with the observations of Savart, who found that two cycles of tone provide enough cue to determine the pitch of the tone. Concerning the pleasures of observing, and the mechanics of the inner ear! Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1961!
46 Békésy measured BM displacement as a function of frequency and place. Thus the century-old problem of how the ear performs a frequency analysis -- whether mechanically or neurally -- could be solved; from these experiments it was evident that the ear contains a neuro-mechanical frequency analyzer, combining a preliminary mechanical frequency analysis with a subsequent sharpening of the sensation area.
47 Proc. Royal Soc. Lond. B, 1948, 135:
48 Evolving Concepts in Cochlear Mechanics! In 1971 Rhode demonstrated that BM vibrations in live squirrel monkeys exhibit a compressive nonlinearity occurring only at or near CF, and disappearing after death. Rhode s discoveries were eventually confirmed (LePage & Johnstone 1980, Robles et al 1986, Sellick et al. 1982), after several unsuccessful attempts. But by that time Kemp (1978) had discovered otoacoustic emissions sounds emitted by the cochlea which grow at compressive rates with stimulus intensity. Kemp revived Gold s 1948 notion of a positive electromechanical feedback to boost BM vibrations to compensate for the viscous damping exerted by the cochlear fluids. In 1985, Brownell et al. identified a possible origin for both otoacoustic emissions and the hypothetical electromechanical feedback: they showed that outer hair cells change their length under electrical stimulation.
49 Frequency tuning in cochlear vibrations and auditory nerve fibers! Tuning curve for an AN fiber (solid) compared with isoresponse curves at a BM site with identical CF (9.5 khz) recorded in the same ear. At fiber CF threshold, BM peak displacement was used to plot BM isodisplacement and isovelocity tuning curves (dotted and dashed lines, respectively).! isodisplacement (solid) and isovelocity tuning curves (dotted and dashed) for TM vibrations compared with neural tuning based on averaged responses from many auditory-nerve fibers.
50 Auditory tuning curves! inner hair-cell damage! outer hair-cell damage! 0 Normal bandwidth Abnormal Threshold Abnormal bandwidth Abnormal Threshold db SPL Normal bandwidth Normal bandwidth Normal Threshold Characteristic Frequency Normal Threshold Characteristic Frequency Log Frequency
51 Role of Outer Hair Cells in Cochlear Mechanics! 1985 Brownell et al. identified a possible origin for both otoacoustic emissions and the hypothetical electromechanical feedback: outer hair cells change their length under electrical stimulation. Brownell WE, Bader CR, Bertrand D and De Ribaupierre Y Science, 1985, 227: (A) OHC isolated from guinea pig. Some mechanoreceptive stereocilia can be seen emerging from the cuticular plate. (B) Microarchitectural features of the organ of Corti permit free movement of OHCs along their length. (C) A decrease in OHC length results in a decrease in the separation between the basilar membrane and reticular lamina.
52 Nonlinear Amplifier! BM is deflected by pressure gradients in surrounding fluid. Hair bundles on IHC and OHCs are deflected by shear displacement between RL and TM. Tectorial membrane! outer hair cell motion & cochlear micromechanics! BM motion without OHC motility: cochlear output is proportional to input.! Reticular lamina! IHC not shown! 3 OHCs! Basilar membrane! OHCs contract in-phase with upward deflection of BM, absorbing BM motion, and minimizing shear.! (BM displacement)! Input! Output! (IHC displacement)! OHC contraction lags BM displacement by 90.! BM forces create negative damping and pump energy into the mechanical system. Energy from OHC motility improves cochlear sensitivity to low-level sounds.!
53 OHC activity! Increases sensitivity (lowers thresholds)! Increases selectivity (reduces bandwidth of auditory filter)! Gives ear a logarithmic (non-linear) amplitude response! Produces oto-acoustic emissions OHCs are relatively more active for quiet sounds than for loud sounds.! They only amplify sounds at the CF matching their cochlear place.!
54 Change in receptor potential with current shows compressive nonlinearity!
55 Compressive nonlinearity near CF in BM Velocity-Intensity functions! linear growth of responses to tones lower or higher than CF! highly compressive growth of responses to CF tones (i.e., response magnitude grows by only 28 db with stimulus increase of 96 db).! Tones CF! Tones CF! Chinchilla cochlea CF = 10 khz! Ruggero et al.!
56 BM becomes linear without OHCs! (furosemide injection)!
57 Amplification greater and tuning more selective at low levels! Robles, L. and Ruggero, M. A. (2001). "Mechanics of the mammalian cochlea,"! Physiological Review 81, !
58 Otoacoustic Emissions! low level sounds produced by the inner ear
59 D.T. Kemp! Otoacoustic Emissions! low level sounds produced by the inner ear
60 Theory of Otoacoustic Emissions The sensitivity and resolution of the ear depends on two things: (1) the size and sharpness of cochlear travelling wave peaks. (2) the efficiency of transduction to the auditory nerve. Without active OHC function, sound energy is lost from the traveling wave before it peaks. OHCs generate replacement vibration which sustains and amplifies the traveling wave, resulting in higher and sharper peaks of excitation to the IHCs. Most of the sound vibration generated by OHCs becomes part of the forward travelling wave, but a fraction travels back out of the cochlea to cause secondary vibrations of the middle ear and the ear drum. The whole sequence can take 3-15 ms. These cochlear driven vibrations are the source of Otoacoustic Emissions.
61 Peripheral auditory processing summary! Sound is filtered as it passes through the pinna and ear canal. This acoustic energy vibrates the tympanic membrane like a drum...! setting the ossicles in motion, mechanically amplifying sound and changing acoustic energy to mechanical energy. The middle ear compensates for an air/ fluid impedance loss! The stapes displaces the oval window, hydrodynamic energy causes cochlear membranes to shear against hair cell bundles. An electrochemical signal is sent via auditory nerve to brain.!
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